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%^~:,,,,,, ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ,,,,,,:~^%
&%^~:,,,,, #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ,,,,,:~^%&
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#¶&%^~:,,, on earth (the planet where i live) a ,,,:~^%&¶#
##¶&%^~:,, lot of us have antennas on our houses ,,:~^%&¶##
###¶&%^~:, or balconies, we have built large ,:~^%&¶###
##¶&%^~:,, antennas for larger bandwith, we have ,,:~^%&¶##
#¶&%^~:,,, build specialized antennaes for ,,,:~^%&¶#
¶&%^~:,,,, specific wavelengths (and sent them ,,,,:~^%&¶
&%^~:,,,,, into orbit), we've built large as fuck ,,,,,:~^%&
%^~:,,,,,, antenna arrays ,,,,,,:~^%
^~:,,,,,,, we've virtually built an antenna with a ,,,,,,,:~^
%^~:,,,,,, dish as large as earth. ,,,,,,:~^%
&%^~:,,,,, ,,,,,:~^%&
¶&%^~:,,,, we've learned about our position in the ,,,,:~^%&¶
#¶&%^~:,,, solar system, our solar systems ,,,:~^%&¶#
##¶&%^~:,, placement in the galaxy, and our ,,:~^%&¶##
###¶&%^~:, galaxys placement in the local cluster, ,:~^%&¶###
##¶&%^~:,, and ~our~ local clusters place in the ,,:~^%&¶##
#¶&%^~:,,, grand scheme of things ,,,:~^%&¶#
¶&%^~:,,,, ,,,,:~^%&¶
&%^~:,,,,, and we're moving around the sun at ,,,,,:~^%&
%^~:,,,,,, velocity and the suns moving around the ,,,,,,:~^%
^~:,,,,,,, center of the galaxy at velocity and ,,,,,,,:~^
%^~:,,,,,, the galaxy is moving toward andromeda ,,,,,,:~^%
&%^~:,,,,, and we're both moving anticlockwise ,,,,,:~^%&
¶&%^~:,,,, around the galaxy. and we as a species ,,,,:~^%&¶
#¶&%^~:,,, have learned to take all that in account ,,,:~^%&¶#
##¶&%^~:,, ,,:~^%&¶##
###¶&%^~:, and despite all this, despite all our ,:~^%&¶###
##¶&%^~:,, (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar ,,:~^%&¶##
#¶&%^~:,,, radio programmes out in fucking space ,,,:~^%&¶#
¶&%^~:,,,, at the speed of light (light is our ,,,,:~^%&¶
&%^~:,,,,, medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ,,,,,:~^%&
%^~:,,,,,, despite ghosts helping and the ,,,,,,:~^%
^~:,,,,,,, collective consciousness lowpass ,,,,,,,:~^
%^~:,,,,,, filtering, despite our very obvious ,,,,,,:~^%
&%^~:,,,,, beaming of all our secrets in every ,,,,,:~^%&
¶&%^~:,,,, direction known to us, ,,,,:~^%&¶
#¶&%^~:,,, ,,,:~^%&¶#
##¶&%^~:,, no , one , has , answered ,,:~^%&¶##
###¶&%^~:, ,:~^%&¶###
##¶&%^~:,, #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ,,:~^%&¶##
#¶&%^~:,,, ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ,,,:~^%&¶#
¶&%^~:,,,, #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ,,,,:~^%&¶
&%^~:,,,,, ,,,,,:~^%&
%^~:,,,,,, so why is that? ,,,,,,:~^%
^~:,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,:~^
%^~:,,,,,, most opponents to intelligent life in ,,,,,,:~^%
&%^~:,,,,, the universe say it's because you need ,,,,,:~^%&
¶&%^~:,,,, a class one-or-the-other star and the ,,,,:~^%&¶
#¶&%^~:,,, planet needs to be at a see-and-so ,,,:~^%&¶#
##¶&%^~:,, distance away from the star (like there ,,:~^%&¶##
###¶&%^~:, has to be a planet!) ,:~^%&¶###
##¶&%^~:,, ,,:~^%&¶##
#¶&%^~:,,, but really isn't that keeping the ,,,:~^%&¶#
¶&%^~:,,,, definition of life really lax? ,,,,:~^%&¶
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%^~:,,,,,, i think everyone agrees that we have no ,,,,,,:~^%
^~:,,,,,,, idea what we're doing (and it probably ,,,,,,,:~^
%^~:,,,,,, shows) ,,,,,,:~^%
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¶&%^~:,,,, #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ,,,,:~^%&¶
#¶&%^~:,,, ####,~~ fermi's paradox ~~,#### ,,,:~^%&¶#
##¶&%^~:,, #,,,~~~~~~~~,,,# ,,:~^%&¶##
###¶&%^~:, ,:~^%&¶###
##¶&%^~:,, i'm gonna go smoke my third cigarette ,,:~^%&¶##
#¶&%^~:,,, this year and try to snatch some beers ,,,:~^%&¶#
¶&%^~:,,,, from the local beer thing ,,,,:~^%&¶
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